836 Quotes by Honoré de Balzac

Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!

Ah! the soft starlight of virgin eyes.

Nothing about me surprises me.

As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered. Coffee is your ally and writing ceases to be a struggle.

Vivacity is the health of the spirit.

When passion is not fed, it changes to need. At this juncture, marriage becomes a fixed idea in the mind of the bourgeois, being the only means whereby he can win a woman and appropriate her to his uses.

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!

To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier.

Yes, I can understand that a man might go to a gambling table when he sees that all that lies between him and death is his last crown.